The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) affirmed the decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington (BC) concluding that those portions of a...
Judge(s):
William J. Lafferty III; Julia W. Brand; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the grant of summary judgment by the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Indiana (DC) to Southwest Credit Systems (SW),...
Judge(s):
Daniel A. Manion; Diane P. Wood; and Michael B. Brennan
Per curiam, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the opinion of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (DC) affirming adjudication of claims for...
Judge(s):
Patrick E. Higginbotham; Stephen A. Higginson; and S. Kyle Duncan
Affirming the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (DC and BC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Circuit) found: (1) it lacked jurisdiction to...
Judge(s):
Diane S. Sykes; Joel Flaum; and Michael B. Brennan
In this appeal of a bankruptcy court order, the debtor objects to a litigation funding arrangement entered into by the trustee and a creditor. The court found that the Debtor did not have Standing...
In an opinion most of the bankruptcy court's judgment as to a creditor's violation of the automatic stay, but vacating its denial of attorneys' fees based on the "technical" nature of these...
Judge(s):
Robert J. Faris; Julia W. Brand; and Gary A. Spraker
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) dismissed the appeal, filed by Thee Aguila, Inc. (TA), of the denial of its motion for reconsideration of a retroactive stay relief...
Judge(s):
Mary Jo Heston; William J. Lafferty III; and Scott H. Gan
Affirming a grant of summary judgment by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (BC), the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP) agreed with its conclusion as to...
Judge(s):
Scott H. Gan; Laura S. Taylor; and William J. Lafferty III
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) affirmed the denial of an order denying the contempt motion filed by chapter 13 debtor Jerome Perryman (DR) against his ex-wife, Karen Dal Poggetto (PG),...
Judge(s):
Julia W. Brand; Robert J. Faris; and Gary A. Spraker
More than two decades after the shareholders of NationsBank and BankAmerica first filed securities law class actions after these two merged to form Bank of America Corp. (1999) and nearly two...
Judge(s):
James B. Loken; Jane L. Kelly; and Ralph P. Erickson